Grete Semb Kempton sent me this link to a New York Times essay by Annie Dillard on writing till you drop.

…and here is Pen on Fire, Danielle, quite rumpled and used.

I like this Salon interview with Grace. A lot of great stuff here on process (voice, content/context). What an interesting writer she was.

A lovely essay about Grace.

I got out two of her story collections last night. Plots may not have figured highly in her work, but man, does she have voice, that most elusive–and vital–of all writing elements.

I’ve loved her writing since I discovered it in the late ’70s. She has died of breast cancer. Here’s her obit